Scheduling Dental Visits Before Year’s End Advised For Maximizing Tax Savings.

In a broader piece providing tips for consumers “to garner additional savings before tax season next spring,” The Street (12/14) states that “scheduling dentist or eye doctor appointments before the end of the year could be a benefit because hearing aids, eyeglasses, contact lenses, hospital fees for nursing, most dental expenses, physical therapy, lab tests and X-rays are all deductible, said Brian Ashcraft, a director for Liberty Tax Service based in Virginia Beach, Va.”